Responsive
adjective
Reacting quickly and positively.
Our customer service is very responsive to your needs.
Often appears as...
- responsive service
- responsive system
adjective
Able to adjust to changes easily.
The website is responsive, it adjusts to the size of any screen.
Often appears as...
- responsive web design
- responsive layout
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Technical
adjective
Showing positive response to medication or treatment.
The patient has been responsive to the medication.
Often appears as...
- responsive to treatment
- responsive to medication
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Academic
adjective
Reacting quickly and positively.
Our customer service is very responsive to your needs.
Often appears as...
- responsive service
- responsive system
adjective
Able to adjust to changes easily.
The website is responsive, it adjusts to the size of any screen.
Often appears as...
- responsive web design
- responsive layout
Usage tips
Technical
adjective
Showing positive response to medication or treatment.
The patient has been responsive to the medication.
Often appears as...
- responsive to treatment
- responsive to medication
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Customer Care
Often tied to providing timely help or support.
They praised the responsive nature of our helpdesk team.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Reaction
Implies a constructive or affirmative reaction to feedback.
Management was responsive to the suggestions from the staff.
Pro Tip 3/3Quick Adaptability
Indicates an ability to adjust quickly to new situations.
The team was responsive to the sudden changes in the project.
Pro Tip 1/3Customer Care
Often tied to providing timely help or support.
They praised the responsive nature of our helpdesk team.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Reaction
Implies a constructive or affirmative reaction to feedback.
Management was responsive to the suggestions from the staff.
Pro Tip 3/3Quick Adaptability
Indicates an ability to adjust quickly to new situations.
The team was responsive to the sudden changes in the project.
Pro Tip 1/3Customer Care
Often tied to providing timely help or support.
They praised the responsive nature of our helpdesk team.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Reaction
Implies a constructive or affirmative reaction to feedback.
Management was responsive to the suggestions from the staff.
Pro Tip 3/3Quick Adaptability
Indicates an ability to adjust quickly to new situations.
The team was responsive to the sudden changes in the project.
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Expanding our definition...
trying to show and I said I didn't make this up I stand in a very long tradition people have been arguing for holism who've been arguing for human systems of Education not automatons based systems education and which ones ones which are generally responsive for the talents that people have and I'm delighted to say there are lots of countries in the
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Eric X. Li: A tale of...
to be responsive to the demands and the thinking of the people. My point is, I think we should get unstuck from the thinking that there's only one political system -- election, election, election -- that could make it responsive. I'm not sure, actually, elections produce responsive government anymore in the world.
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How does income affect...
in the first few years of life compared to kids from less advantaged backgrounds. Now, in our work, we're finding that kids who experience more back-and-forth, responsive conversational turns tend to have a larger brain surface in parts of the brain that we know are responsible for language and reading skills.
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Paola Antonelli: Why I...
But I see that people are coming along, that the audiences, paradoxically, are much more responsive and much more understanding of this expansion of design than some of my colleagues are. Design is truly everywhere, and design is as important as anything, and I'm so glad that, because of its diversity
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Depression, the secret...
and the people I was dealing with weren't very responsive, and I thought, 'That's not very friendly or helpful of them.'" "And then I realized, I realized that they weren't going to do more than make those first few minutes of small talk. It was simply going to be an occasion
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How Boredom Can Lead to...
I checked the headlines while I waited for my latte. I updated my calendar while I was sitting on the couch. Texting turned every spare moment into a chance to show to my coworkers and my dear husband what a responsive person I was,
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How your emotions change...
that the connection between the heart and the emotions is a highly intimate one. The heart may not originate our feelings, but it is highly responsive to them. In a sense, a record of our emotional life is written on our hearts.
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How open data is...
even bihar is turning around and opening up under a committed leadership that is making government transparent accessible and responsive to the poor but you know in many parts of the world governments
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Greg Long: Big Wave...
and then blackness. Blackness and silence. I come to the surface... face down. They pulled my lifeless body on to the back of the rescue sled, and I was completely unresponsive.
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Black Bear Cub Dies...
a clump of fur that she probably checked to see if the cub was responsive and wasn't and she wasn't here when I came so she probably then just went on okay
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Expanding our definition...
trying to show and I said I didn't make this up I stand in a very long tradition people have been arguing for holism who've been arguing for human systems of Education not automatons based systems education and which ones ones which are generally responsive for the talents that people have and I'm delighted to say there are lots of countries in the
Video examples
Eric X. Li: A tale of...
to be responsive to the demands and the thinking of the people. My point is, I think we should get unstuck from the thinking that there's only one political system -- election, election, election -- that could make it responsive. I'm not sure, actually, elections produce responsive government anymore in the world.
Video examples
How does income affect...
in the first few years of life compared to kids from less advantaged backgrounds. Now, in our work, we're finding that kids who experience more back-and-forth, responsive conversational turns tend to have a larger brain surface in parts of the brain that we know are responsible for language and reading skills.
Video examples
Paola Antonelli: Why I...
But I see that people are coming along, that the audiences, paradoxically, are much more responsive and much more understanding of this expansion of design than some of my colleagues are. Design is truly everywhere, and design is as important as anything, and I'm so glad that, because of its diversity
Video examples
Depression, the secret...
and the people I was dealing with weren't very responsive, and I thought, 'That's not very friendly or helpful of them.'" "And then I realized, I realized that they weren't going to do more than make those first few minutes of small talk. It was simply going to be an occasion
Video examples
How Boredom Can Lead to...
I checked the headlines while I waited for my latte. I updated my calendar while I was sitting on the couch. Texting turned every spare moment into a chance to show to my coworkers and my dear husband what a responsive person I was,
Video examples
How your emotions change...
that the connection between the heart and the emotions is a highly intimate one. The heart may not originate our feelings, but it is highly responsive to them. In a sense, a record of our emotional life is written on our hearts.
Video examples
How open data is...
even bihar is turning around and opening up under a committed leadership that is making government transparent accessible and responsive to the poor but you know in many parts of the world governments
Video examples
Greg Long: Big Wave...
and then blackness. Blackness and silence. I come to the surface... face down. They pulled my lifeless body on to the back of the rescue sled, and I was completely unresponsive.
Video examples
Black Bear Cub Dies...
a clump of fur that she probably checked to see if the cub was responsive and wasn't and she wasn't here when I came so she probably then just went on okay
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Allyson Schwartz
American Politician
I hear from the business community all the time that what they need is an educated work force. They need an infrastructure that can make people and products. You need to cultivate an environment that they can imagine living in and being in, having employees be in. And a fair tax structure. And a responsive government.
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John Burroughs
American Author
Women are about the best lovers of nature, after all; at least of nature in her milder and more familiar forms. The feminine character, the feminine perceptions, intuitions, delicacy, sympathy, quickness, are more responsive to natural forms and influences than is the masculine mind.
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Greg Anderson
American Author
Wellness is not a 'medical fix' but a way of living - a lifestyle sensitive and responsive to all the dimensions of body, mind, and spirit, an approach to life we each design to achieve our highest potential for well-being now and forever.
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Gretchen Whitmer
American Politician
Flint's got so many hardworking, good people who just want a fair shake and it starts with making sure their government is responsive and protecting them and making sure everyone's got access to clean water.
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George Pierce Baker
American Educator
Sensitive, responsive, eagerly welcomed everywhere, the drama, holding the mirror up to nature, by laughter and by tears reveals to mankind the world of men.
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H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
What a man does for pay is of little significance. What he is, as a sensitive instrument responsive to the world's beauty, is everything!
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Adam Grant
American Author
When you develop a reputation for being responsive and generous, an ever-expanding mountain of requests will come your way.
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Erich Fromm
American Psychologist
One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often.
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Michael McIntyre
English Comedian
A responsive crowd is great - they help you see new things in your comedy.
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Al Jolson
Lithuanian Actor
A responsive audience is the best encouragement an actor can have.
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Allyson Schwartz
American Politician
I hear from the business community all the time that what they need is an educated work force. They need an infrastructure that can make people and products. You need to cultivate an environment that they can imagine living in and being in, having employees be in. And a fair tax structure. And a responsive government.
Quote examples
John Burroughs
American Author
Women are about the best lovers of nature, after all; at least of nature in her milder and more familiar forms. The feminine character, the feminine perceptions, intuitions, delicacy, sympathy, quickness, are more responsive to natural forms and influences than is the masculine mind.
Quote examples
Greg Anderson
American Author
Wellness is not a 'medical fix' but a way of living - a lifestyle sensitive and responsive to all the dimensions of body, mind, and spirit, an approach to life we each design to achieve our highest potential for well-being now and forever.
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Gretchen Whitmer
American Politician
Flint's got so many hardworking, good people who just want a fair shake and it starts with making sure their government is responsive and protecting them and making sure everyone's got access to clean water.
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George Pierce Baker
American Educator
Sensitive, responsive, eagerly welcomed everywhere, the drama, holding the mirror up to nature, by laughter and by tears reveals to mankind the world of men.
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H. P. Lovecraft
American Novelist
What a man does for pay is of little significance. What he is, as a sensitive instrument responsive to the world's beauty, is everything!
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Adam Grant
American Author
When you develop a reputation for being responsive and generous, an ever-expanding mountain of requests will come your way.
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Erich Fromm
American Psychologist
One cannot be deeply responsive to the world without being saddened very often.
Quote examples
Michael McIntyre
English Comedian
A responsive crowd is great - they help you see new things in your comedy.
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Al Jolson
Lithuanian Actor
A responsive audience is the best encouragement an actor can have.
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